On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 10:37 AM Bruce Perens <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you own a 50 ton spaceship, please do not intentionally hit any asteroids > or other objects with it.
Song of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RbXIMZmVv8 >What you get is smaller objects heading in different directions at different >velocities, none of which are all that predictable, and in total more danger >to objects in space than before and still significant danger to ground objects. Space is a big place, and I'm pretty sure the orbit, impact, and debris could be tracked. What would you do with a starship that after launch, due to lost tiles, or other problems is certain to burn up on re-entry? Why not test getting out of orbit? >What you want is to turn it harmless. This is done by gently attaching to it >and then giving it a controlled push. That takes all the fun out of it. Impact is so much easier. Our knowledge of the solar system is only skin deep. > > I've been curious about what one could do over time just using the pressure > of light from the ground, or enough light to gassify material to add delta V, > however high power devices for this would also be effective weapons. And kinetic weapons aren't? > Thanks > > Bruce > > On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 5:28 PM Dave Taht via Starlink > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> So, what would happen if we hit one of these (3 new ones discovered >> yesterday) with 50tons of starship, at 15 klicks per second? [1] >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atira_asteroid >> >> the three new ones, discovered and announced a day or three back: >> >> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-near-earth-asteroids-were-hiding-in-the-suns-glare-180981055/ >> >> (Atira class are rocks within earth orbit. They are very hard to see, >> probably overly baked (low on volatiles), and get bright sun all the >> time) >> >> [1] I'm very inspired by DART, but afraid to do the math for this >> tonnage and speed. (anyone? there's a LOT of zeroes... ) I have >> project ploughshare on my mind, except kinetic, and it's less >> deflection on my mind than reducing a rubble pile to rubble, >> identifying the good pieces, and bringing them back. >> >> >> >> -- >> This song goes out to all the folk that thought Stadia would work: >> https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dtaht_the-mushroom-song-activity-6981366665607352320-FXtz >> Dave Täht CEO, TekLibre, LLC >> _______________________________________________ >> Starlink mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink > > > > -- > Bruce Perens K6BP -- This song goes out to all the folk that thought Stadia would work: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dtaht_the-mushroom-song-activity-6981366665607352320-FXtz Dave Täht CEO, TekLibre, LLC _______________________________________________ Starlink mailing list [email protected] https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink
